That’s absolutely gorgeous! Someone had to have had that parked and covered in a garage somewhere because it’s in too great of shape to have been driven regularly. What a cherry!!🍒
I remember those, built on the T-bird chassis of that same year, BOTH were very NICE, comfortable, had a good ride (Fomoco cars had longer coils), and were sexy looking vehicles, you're fortunate if you can find one well maintained, it's STILL a nice car, and the 351 CID Cleveland was optional, now you've got an Indy car! 👍
That car is absolutely mint. What is surprising is that for an XR7 trim level that vehicle has very very few options. No power windows, no power locks, base hubcaps(very rare for a XR7 as most had the optional alloyed wheels) and no optional guage package. This vehicle had to be a retail/special order car from a customer as no dealership would have opted for a car built this way for it's inventory.
This wouldn't have an E4OD transmission in 1978. It likely had an FMX, a C4 or a C6 depending on how it was optioned. The E4OD was a four speed electronic overdrive and that wasn't used in this generation Cougar.
This is a Lorain, OH built 1978 model with the VIN for the win: 8 for 1978 model year, H for Lorain, OH assembly, 93 for Cougar XR-7, S for 400 CID V8 with two barrel and the rest is the production sequence. The 400 V8 was a heap of crap saddled by poor ignition and carburetion, but the 351 and 302 of this era weren't much better. The Lorain, OH plant operated from 1958 to 2005. Exterior paint is likely code 5Q Dark Brown.
